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Totti sets a Serie A record in Roma's 5-1 win

ROME(AP) Roma captain Francesco Totti sealed his place in the Serie A record book with two early goals in a 5-1 win over Cesena on Saturday.

With 211 goals for Roma in Serie A, Totti broke 1950s AC Milan standout Gunnar Nordahl's previous mark of 210 for the most goals with one club in the Italian league.

Totti put Roma ahead after 40 seconds at Stadio Olimpico and doubled the lead in the eighth minute, before Fabio Borini made it 3-0 a minute later.

Eder pulled one back for Cesena in the 58th but Juan restored Roma's three-goal lead in the 62nd and Miralem Pjanic completed the rout in the 70th.

''This is what I've always wanted: To always wear the same jersey and to beat record after record,'' said the 35-year-old Totti, who made his Serie A debut in 1993 at 16 and has played his entire career for his hometown club.

''I dedicate these goals to my sister-in-law who recently gave birth and the victims of the Costa Concordia,'' Totti added in a halftime TV interview, referring to the capsized cruise ship off the Tuscan coast.

Roma moved into sixth place, eight points behind Serie A leader Juventus, which was visiting Atalanta.

It was Roma's third consecutive league win and fourth straight in all competitions. The Giallorossi also have to complete a game with Catania that was suspended at 1-1 in the second half last weekend due to heavy rain.

Cesena remained stuck in the relegation zone, three points above the bottom.

Erik Lamela, a 19-year-old Argentine forward tapped by some as Totti's possible successor, set up both of the captain's goals.

First, Totti took a backheel pass from Lamela and fired inside the near post, then he collected a lob pass from the Argentine and scored with an angled shot, even though replays showed he was clearly offside.

Borini's goal was the product of a defensive error, with Gianluca Comotto losing the ball to allow Leandro Greco to cross to the waiting Borini in front of the goal.

Cesena came out slightly more organized after the break and Eder slipped through Roma's defense and dribbled by goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg to score into an empty net.

Totti then nearly completed a hat trick with a shot that was just wide on the hour, and Brazil defender Juan scored off a rebound two minutes later.

Totti exited to a standing ovation in the 65th and Pjanic converted a rebound of his own shot five minutes later as Cesena's defense again lacked order.

Eder nearly had another goal in the 75th but Stekelenburg did well to stop the Brazilian as he attempted to dribble around the goalkeeper.

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